Get To Know ATEEZ's New Junior Group

KQ Entertainment is about to debut its second boy group and everyone is excited to know more about ATEEZ‘s junior group. The new group is called XIKERS and is expected to debut soon, on March 30, with the mini-album House of Tricky: Doorbell Ringing. Prior to their debut, the boyband has already released a pre-debut single, “Geek.”

XIKERS may seem like a weird name at first, but it actually has a pretty cool meaning behind it. The name derives from the word “hikers” referring to the members hiking their way through their journey, with X representing the coordinates they need to follow. A popular fan theory regarding the “X” is that it could also stand for the number of members expressed in roman numbers.

The KQ Entertainment group will have 10 members — of them specialize in rapping, three in dancing, and four in vocals.

Minjae is the leader and main rapper of the group. He turns 20 years old in April and is the oldest XIKERS member. Minjae is considered the group’s official all-rounder” despite specializing in rap alone.

Junmin is the group’s main dancer and vocalist. He was born on May 24, 2003, and is also considered one of the most athletic members of XIKERS. Together with Minjae, they were introduced as part of KQ Fellaz 2 in August 2022.

Sumin is a main rapper alongside Minjae. He was born on April 2004 and is one of the group’s English speakers. Other than being a great rapper, Sumin is also very talented at drawing — he even won art contests for his skills!

Jinsik is the group’s lead vocalist. born on July 2004, he was inspired to become a K-Pop idol when little after seeing an idol performing live. Jinsik was introduced as part of KQ Fellaz 2 last August, alongside Sumin. He said that his role model idol group is NCT.

Hyunwoo is XIKERS’ main vocalist and second English speaker. He is also very good at speaking Japanese. Hyunwoo has always been interested in music since he was a child. He was part of a school band, where he showed his amazing singing skills as a main vocalist as well.

Junghoon is another lead vocalist in XIKERS. He was born on July 2005 and is said to have been a medal-winning track star in school. Junghoon said he runs every day in order to increase his stamina and become a perfect dancer.

Seeun will serve as a vocalist for XIKERS, while also being another member that’s good at speaking English and Japanese. Seeun shared his favorite music genres are hip-hop and pop. He was inspired to become an idol by his love for music.

Hunter is the group’s main dancer and vocalist. He was born on October 2005 in Thailand, which makes him the group’s only non-Korean member. Hunter can speak four languages: Thai, Korean, English, and Japanese.

Yujun will serve as a vocalist for the group. He was born on October 2005 and is only two hours younger than Hunter! Yujun is described as active and funny, things for which he was also popular in school. Friends often call him Harry Potter as he looks exactly like the character when he puts on bug glasses.

Yechan is a main rapper, main dancer, and vocalist. He was born on October 21, 2005 — which makes him the maknae of the group. Yechan became a KQ trainee at the age of 14 and has been training ever since. Other than already being talented at rapping, dancing, and singing, Yechan can also play multiple instruments — with his favorites being the saxophone and piano.